NUBS Malaysia undergraduates shine in business case and stock trading challenges
CIMB ASEAN Stock Challenge
L-R: Qing Ern Siew, Jerry Ng, Qiao Ru Tan, Dr Roy Khong (mentor), Carshawn Siaw
A team of four undergraduate students from NUBS Malaysia, Jerry Ming Zheng Ng, Qing Ern Siew, Qiao Ru Tan and Carshawn Siaw, were the National Champions of the CIMB ASEAN Stock Challenge 2014. The students received a cash prize of USD800, that was by the Malaysian Minister of Youth and Sports at an awards ceremony on December 2, 2014. The students will also have opportunities to pursue internships with the CIMB Group. The team was mentored by Dr Roy Khong, Assistant Professor of Financial Economics, together with Dr Chuen-Khee Pek, Assistant Professor of Green Economics, as co-mentor.
The CIMB ASEAN Stock Challenge is an annual cross-border simulated stock trading competition. Each team received US$80,000 in virtual start-up capital to invest real-time in securities listed on major ASEAN stock exchanges – Bursa Malaysia, the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX), Singapore Exchange (SGX) and the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET). Participants are required to develop a sound trading strategy to achieve as much profit as they can during the trading period.
BDO Malaysia’s BD’One Challenge
L-R: Fabiolla Netto Martin, Lee Xiang Tan, May Yie Chen, William Buck
On 12 December 2014, Team ProSper, consisting of a group of four undergraduate students from NUBS Malaysia, William Buck, Lee Xiang Tan, Fabiolla Netto Martin and May Yie Chen, emerged champions at BDO Malaysia’s inaugural BD’One Challenge, taking home a RM3,000 cash prize and full-time job offers with BDO Malaysia upon graduation. The team leader, William Buck, also won ‘Best Presenter’ at the competition.
The BD’One Challenge required student teams to present strategies and recommendations to assist BDO Malaysia in enhancing their brand recognition in the region.
Team ProSper – whose name stands for (Pro)fessionalism, (S)ustainability and (Per)sonalisation – beat five other teams, from the 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ of Malaya, Monash 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ Malaysia, International Islamic 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ Malaysia and Tunku Abdul Rahman 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ College, respectively, to win the challenge.
The team was mentored by Dr Chuen-Khee Pek, Assistant Professor of Green Economics and Principal Mentor with Mentors+, NUBS Malaysia’s Student Competition Mentoring Group. Various members of NUBS Malaysia academic staff also contributed support and input towards Team ProSper’s work.
